We’re excited to announce that you can now chat with any other Ringya users.

This long awaited feature makes Ringya a one-stop-app for all a group’s mobile communication needs: Ringya users can call, text, email and now also ‘free live chat’ with individuals and groups.

There are 3 easy ways to chat:

• Initiate chat conversations as well as voice calls, text messages and emails from the new action bar below any Ringya contact’s name

• Group chats are conducted in the Ring’s message board – activated from within each Ring

• Shortcut to recent chat conversations on the new tab bar at the bottom of the Ringya main screen
  Who Can you Chat With?You can chat with any other Ringya user you have in your Rings. If a Ring member is not a Ringya user the chat button will be disabled and you will not be able to chat with that user because live chat works over your Internet connection between two Ringya users. To enable free live chat with someone not yet on Ringya, just invite them to join with the Share Ring icon that appears beside their name.Ringya Chat is now live for our iPhone and Android users – just upgrade to the new version if it hasn’t happened automatically.
  With the latest release of Ringya we make a distinction between two kinds of Rings:

• Group Rings – represent a group of people such as a work team, class parents, clubs, associations, etc. This is a group of people who usually know each other and use Ringya for communication among all or select group members
• Resource Rings – are not necessarily shared with the contacts on the Ring – such as a list of restaurants, home handymen, babysitters, etc.

When creating a group Ring, once the creation process is complete, all group members will be notified that the group is ready for use – including its directory, message board and communication functions. Before completing the creation process you can view the Ring in preview mode to check and edit content created during the automated process.

The Ring creation process of resource Rings did not change. When the Ring creation process is complete, the Ring remains private and can be shared manually with others on the Ring, from other Rings or from your regular phone address book.

Rings are processed as group Rings or resource Rings based on a very simple rule: when you are a member of the Ring it’s considered and processed as a group Ring. When you are not a member of the ring it will be considered and processed as a resource Ring.